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Table 2‑2. Cost Displayed During the Request and Provisioning Life Cycle
Life Cycle Stage Value Displayed for Cost
Viewing the catalog item details before a
request
Projected costs based on the cost profile, the values for machine resources and lease
duration specified in the blueprint, and the daily blueprint cost.
The values of some of the cost drivers can be unknown before a machine is
requested:
n
The blueprint can specify a range for machine resources. The requester can
specify any value in the blueprint range.
n
More than one reservation can be available for provisioning the machine. If these
reservations have different compute resources, different cost profiles can apply.
n
More than one datastore can be available for provisioning the machine, either on
the same reservation or on different reservations, that have different storage cost
profiles.
n
If more than one reservation or datastore is available, the daily cost appears as a
range with the lower bound being the minimum resource use multiplied by the
lowest resource cost for memory, CPU, and storage, and the upper bound being
the maximum resource use multiplied by the highest cost.
If the blueprint specifies a range for the lease duration or the daily cost is a range, the
lease cost appears as a range with the lower bound being the minimum lease duration
multiplied by the minimum cost, and the upper bound being the maximum lease
duration multiplied by the maximum cost.
Completing the request form Projected costs based on the cost profile, the values for machine resources and lease
duration specified in the request form and the blueprint cost.
The daily cost can be a range if more than one reservation is available for provisioning
the machine and these reservations have different compute resources that vary in
cost. Alternatively, more than one datastore can be available for provisioning the
machine, either on the same reservation or on different reservations, that vary in cost.
By default, the request form is populated with the minimum values for machine
resources and lease duration, and the values for daily and lease costs are calculated
accordingly. The costs are updated as the user edits the relevant values in the request
form.
Viewing details of a submitted request or
approving a request
Projected costs based on the requested machine resources, lease duration, and
blueprint cost.
The daily cost can be a range if more than one reservation is available for provisioning
the machine and these reservations have different compute resources that vary in
cost. Alternatively, more than one datastore can be available for provisioning the
machine, either on the same reservation or on different reservations, that vary in cost.
Depending on the approval policy, an approver can edit values for machine resources
or lease duration that affect the cost, but the cost information is not updated in the
request.
Viewing the details of a provisioned
machine
Actual daily cost, lease cost, and cost-to-date based on the resource use of the
provisioned machine, lease duration, blueprint cost, and number of days since the
machine was provisioned.
Configure a Cost Profile
Fabric administrators can create cost profiles and associate them with compute resources to enable
calculation of a machine’s cost.
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